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Also called | The Turtles |
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Release date | 10 October 2016 (Update) |
Sea | Eastern Sea |
Kingdom(s) | Eastern Lands |
Members | Yes |
No. of banks | None |
No. of altars | None |
No. of obelisks | None |
Teleportation | Islands That Once Were Turtles teleport |
Guilds | None |
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The Islands That Once Were Turtles are a group of three islands in The Arc region of the Wushanko Isles.
Getting there
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- Players can travel to The Islands That Once Were Turtles by talking to Quartermaster Gully located in Port Sarim, or Menaphos, after the player has completed the quest Impressing the Locals.
Notable features
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- Tortle portals form a teleport system between the islands, which are designated as the fort (first island), the divine energy merchant (second island), and the divination colony (third island). The portals require level 90 Divination to activate, and 50 ancestral energies.
- A dead moai with both positive and negative energy springs is on the third island.
- The second island has the divine energy merchant, who buys negative, positive and ancestral energies.
- 4 mushroom clusters are found throughout the islands.
- Sole source of wushroom, lactarius, paraspore, purple bellow, and the rare toastool.
- Titchy Tinamou birds appear on Fridays on the first island, up on the western beach.
- Three messages in bottles can be found only on certain days, in a rotation schedule; see castaways for the current appearance dates.
- The message in a bottle to find the island of Eisetes Cretor is on the first island at the far north end.
- The message in a bottle to find the island of The Hamlet is on second island, by the tortle portal to the third island.
- The message in a bottle to find the island of Quis-land is on the third island, on the western beach underneath the south-western rocks. Only the tip of the bottle can be seen under the rocks, looking from the beach side.
Personalities
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Music unlocked
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Player-owned ports voyages
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The Islands That Once Were Turtles are three largely uninhabited islands in The Arc. Legend says they were once giant turtles that were somehow turned to stone.
- In the voyage First Contact, the player may make contact with a well connected trader on a ship docked north of the Islands That Once Were Turtles.
- In High Spirits, the player may be called upon to explore the forest covering the Islands That Once Were Turtles in search of resources. They are told to beware the old spirits that are said to haunt it.
- In A Friend Indeed, the player may befriend an influential trader who operates from the Islands That Once Were Turtles.
- In X Marks the Spot, a useful contact may find rich resources on the Islands That Once Were Turtles.
Achievement
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- Arc - Ancient Eastern Tortle Portals (
10) - Activate all tortle portals on The Islands That Once Were Turtles.
Trivia
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- These islands may be referencing aspidochelones, large mythological sea creatures that are often mistaken for islands.
- When charging the Tortle Portal the game chat says "Reticulating shrines", a reference to the loading screens of The Sims game series which say "reticulating splines".
- The examine text of the watch towers off the coast of the first island are references to the Jimi Hendrix song All Along the Watchtower.
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Scenery |
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The Arc |
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The Skull |
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The Hook |
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The Scythe |
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The Bowl |
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The Pincers |
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The Loop |
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The Shield |
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